Tape and ribbon drawing needle



Dec- 14, 926. 1,610,675

H. A. HANSON TAPE AND RIBBON DRAWING NEEDLE Filed March 17 1926 INVEM T'OR H .Handifl. BY

Patented Dec. 14, 1926.

warren stares HENRY A. HANSON, OF CANTON, SOUTH. DAKOTA.

TAPE AND RIBBQN DRAVJING NEEDLE.

- Application filed March 17, 1526. Serial No. 95,286.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tape and ribbon drawing needles and has for its primary ob ject to provide a device that .is extremely simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and which will effectively insert the strip of material, such as elastic, ribbon or the like into a fold or seam of wearing apparel and eliminating the possibility of the tape or ribbon becoming twisted during the drawing movement or insertion thereof.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of the type above set forth in the form of a flat needle having a side edge opening slot at its inner end and in which slot a pair of tensioned tape or ribbon gripping jaws is pivotally supported for positively gripping one end of a tapeor ribbon when the jaws are positioned within the slot.

With the above and other objects in view that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described, shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a side elevational view of the tape or ribbon drawing needle constructed in accordance with the present invention, the gripping jaws being confined within the side opening slot in the body portion of the needle,

Figure 2 is a side elevational view of the needle with the gripping jaws pivotally shifted to a position laterally of the needle body for receiving one end of a strip of tape or ribbon,

Figure 3 is a side edge view of the needle, and

Figure 41- is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4- 1 of Fig. 1.

The body portion 1. of the needle is pref erably in the form illustrated with a tapered forward end 2 and may be constructed of any material desired such as metal, bone or the like. The inner end 3 of the needle body extends transversely of the longitudinal axis of the body while a side and end opening slot is formed in the inner end of the needle body to provide spaced side walls 4.

A pair of blade-like resilient arms 5 are pivotally supported upon the cross pin 6 within the slot between the side walls 1 at the forward end of said slot as illustrated and said arms 5 are flared outwardly at their outer ends as at 7 with the terminal ends thereof directed toward each other and provided with teeth 8. As shown in Figs. 1 and l, the clamping arms 5 are of a width to lie within the opposite side edges of the body portion 1 of the needle when the arms are moved into the slot between the side walls t while the edges of the clamping jaws 7 disposed adjacent the closed side of said slot are shouldered as at 9 so that the trans verse ends of the gripping jaws 7 are of a width equal to the width of the body portion 1 of the needle as shown in Fig. 1.

l Vith the clamping arms 5 positioned laterally of the needle body as shown in Fig. 2, one end of the tape or ribbon 10 is positioned between the jaw teeth 8 of the clamping jaws 7 and upon moving the jaws and clamping arms upon the pivot pin 5, the clamping arms are positioned within the slot between the side walls 4: with the clamping jaws moved toward each other for positively gripping the end of the tape 10, this position being shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

From the above detail description of the device, it is believed that the construction and operation thereof will at once be ap parent, and while there is herein shown and described the preferred embodiment of the present invention it is, nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope thereof as claimed.

l Vhat is claimed is:

1. In a device of the character described, a needle body of elongated flattened formation having a tapering outer end, the inner end of said body having an end and side opening slot and tape gripping jaws pivoted within the slot.

2. In a device of the character described, a needle body of elongated flattened formation having a tapering outer end, the inner end of said body having an end and side opening slot, a pair of tape gripping jaws pivoted within the slot at the forward end thereof and the closed side wall of the slot v limiting inward swinging movement of the clamping jaws.

3. In a device of the character described, a needle body of elongated flattened formation iaving a tapering outer end, the inner end of said body having an end and side opening slot, a pair of tape gripping jaws pivoted within the slot at the forward end thereof, the closed side Wall of the slot lin1- iting inward swinging movement of the clamping jaws, and side extensions on said jaws adjacent the closed side of the slot whereby the opposite sides of the gripping ends of the jaws are flush with the opposite sides of the needle body.

t. In a device of the character described, a needle body of elongated formation and tape gripping jaws pivotally supported on the body to swing only to one side thereof to tape releasing position and automatically 

